HV Grid Connections for Generators

Details

1-day course

CPD Credit: 7 hours, C1

Description

Training Aims:

To provide an overview of:

• The Irish Electricity System
• Grid factors
• The connection offer process
• Government energy policy and Climate Action Plan
• How government policy is applied to connection applications
• Future developments including hybrid connections and private wires

Learning Objectives:

To understand:

• Operation of the power transmission and distribution systems
• Types of generation
• Demand growth and flexibility
• Energy storage
• Types and categories of connections
• Connection Offer Process – ECP
• Constraints & Curtailment
• Technical and economic barriers to innovation
• Connection Policy, including hybrid connections & private wire policy
• Grid connection design
• Construction of the grid connection infrastructure
• Management and operation of the Grid Boundary
• Grid connection development costs and programme
• Operational costs and loss factors

Course Outline:

The course is set out in 10 modules:

• The Electricity System
• Government Policy and Climate Action Plan
• Types of Generation (including, Demand and Storage)
• Grid Connection types and considerations
• Connection Offer process – ECP
• Grid connection design and construction
• Operation and management of the Grid Boundary
• Hybrid connections and future policy innovation
• Operational costs and loss factors
• Dispatch down (constraint & curtailment)

Who Should Attend:

Consultants, Developers, Utilities and Large Demand Users.
Engineers, legal advisors, financial investors, contractors, project managers and graduates involved in the development of HV grid connections.

Trainer Profiles:

Rory Mullan M.Eng MBA is a senior grid consultation working in the Irish electricity industry since 1998. 
Rory has a background of working in commercial and technical roles in NIE, ESB and EirGrid.

• Member of the WEI, RNI, ISEA, ESI grid committees.
• Chair of the WEI offshore grid committee.
• Member of the NI grid connection liaison group
• Member of the EirGrid SOEF advisory council

Padraig Plunkett BE C.Eng M.IEI P2 is a Chartered Electrical Engineer and management consultant with 40 years' international experience in HV Power Systems and is a member of:

• NSAI/ETC/TC 03: I.S.EN 61936 & I.S.EN 50110
• IEC TC99/MT4: IEC 61936-1 Power installations exceeding 1kV (1.5kV dc)
• CENELEC CLC / BTTF 62-3:EN 50110 Operation of electrical installations.
• IEC PC 128: IEC TS Safe management and operation of electrical installations